Provides descriptions of physics departments of universities, colleges, and polytechnics in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. For each institution, entry requirements, course structure, and main branches of research are included among information provided. (CP)

Provides descriptions of physics departments of universities, colleges, and polytechnics in Scotland. For each institution, entry requirements, course structure, and main branches of research are included among information provided. (CP)

Presents the residence requirements and preferred minimum standardized test scores for entrance into the Ph.D. and Ed.D. programs at 81 universities. (IRT)

Students Against Testing, a Brown University student group that seeks to either abolish or reform the Scholastic Aptitude Test is discussed. As a result of a letter-writing drive, students on at least 50 campuses are seriously considering starting similar efforts next fall. (MLW)

A study of social work graduate program admissions data for 1975-1984 shows that as applications have decreased, acceptances have increased. The trend toward liberalized admissions raises a number of ethical issues with which the field should be concerned, and suggests the field should proactively plan for program reductions. (MSE)

A study assessing the impact of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's bylaw regarding college admission suggested that Scholastic Aptitude Test scores do not necessarily predict college achievement or grade point averages or college graduation rates and may also have severe negative effect on admission for black students. (Author/CB)

Advocates uniformity in college applications--a centralized application system in which candidates would supply the required academic, personal, and financial information and a rank-ordered listing of their target universities or colleges. Target colleges would segmentially evaluate the applicant as a first-choice candidate until the applicant was…

Suggests that teachers must be better prepared and drawn from the top quarter of their class; also suggests the completion of four years of liberal arts study as a prerequisite for admission to teacher preparation programs. (JOW)

To help ensure that students were being placed in grade levels appropriately, the Mukwonago School District formulated a plan for early educational programing. Criteria and procedures for early admission into kindergarten classes are discussed. (DF)

College and university student populations have changed due to the increased participation of nontraditional students. Admission policies and creative academic support programs in higher education that do not have negative effects on any particular group will aid in the recruitment and retention of students from diverse cultures. (DF)

College admissions officers hesitate to accept arts courses as serious academic preparation. In 1981 the Springfield School sent letters to 70 colleges discussing the content of their arts classes. The responses of the colleges were highly positive about accepting arts credits, once the content of the courses was understood. (CS)

To identify accurately students who might get into academic trouble, the authors began in 1971 to administer a battery of tests to incoming medical students each year. The tests were selected to measure traits and skills not necessarily related to grade point average yet logically important to success in medical school. (LBH)

This study compared actual with ideal procedures in the selection and elimination of candidates in counselor education programs. A two-factor analysis for each category (selection and elimination) resulted in some significant differences between the actual and ideal procedures in both selection and elimination. (Author)

The interview was conducted in a uniformly structured manner by 14 interviewers of 260 applicants to a training program in internal medicine. Each applicant received an interview score that resulted in quantifiable data to be used in evaluating the applicants. (Author/LBH)

Underlying causes and potential remedies for widespread cheating and sabotage of laboratory experiments committed by premedical students in a variety of institutions are discussed. (LBH)